universal soldier

I might struggle with the 48 hour turnaround over the weekend but will give it a try.

So sad, too much great talent being lost lately. Absolutely my fav Spider-man artist.

I've posted about this before but am facinated how the stat graph in the CLZ app captures my collecting habits over the years. The highs and lows can all be tied to life events and times away from the hobby. I'm sure my next goals will be focused on the late 50's through the 60's. Work to do on the first couple years in the 70's too.

Great stuff and a great idea to about all the early appearances. I recently completed a side quest of all Him/Adam/Warlock silver and bronze appearances. I can see myself doing something similar again.

I do have a few of those. It was a great way to read reprinted stories when I was younger.

I forgot to add them and just did. I have all of those too. Except ultimate fallout...

thanks for the reminder

Golden age is a slippery slope and a death knell to my wallet. I do need to upgrade some of the ASM issues and will do so over time. What's next? Sell my dupes, continue on the other silver and bronze runs in varuious states of progress. For new, likely pre-hero Marvel and then pre code horror. When retirement comes, I'll sell them all off so consolidation is nearing in the coming years.

I do only own two of them...

My first foray into a pedigree courtesy of Clink and the late @djpinkpanther67 collection. Great read on the history of this, I really know nothing about pedigrees.

Clink pick-up to complete the run! See my post here for the details.

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Group shot of #'s 1-5 plus Annual #1. (#3 is about 3.5 - 4.0)

I keep playing the lottery so maybe? I've resigned myself as that is a book I'll likely never own.

This weekends' arrival

Probably around 53 years ago, I began my love affair with comics. I'm pretty sure I posted at one point about being in the hospital for some surgery and meeting a slightly older patient who lost half his leg in an accident. I was 5 at the time and I can remember him sitting in his bed with a bunch of comics and I was fascinated. Shortly after that I would get my parents to buy me books, usually Casper, Archie, Sad Sack etc... When I was about 8 I finally convinced them to allow me to buy super hero books. My fixation with Spider-man began shortly after that. I'm pretty sure that my first issue of ASM was #146 and I would continue to buy regularly until 1980 when I stopped collecting during high school. I was in and out of the hobby throughout the 80's until the mid 90's. Since that point, I've been working hard to have a complete run of ASM. I was lucky enough to have found this place which gave me a great venue to purchase some books at great prices, multiple LCS locations, cons, auctions etc... This past week-end I have completed the run of ASM 1 to today (currently @ #920) including all annuals, king size, giant size etc... I've also completed full runs of all major Spider-man titles (including annuals) with a few minor exceptions. I've excluded mini-series but do have a decent amount of them: Completed: The Amazing Spider-Man #1–441 (vol. 2) #1–58, #500-700 (January 1999 – December 2012). Also includes issues numbered #654.1, 679.1, 699.1, 700.1–700.5 (vol. 3) #1–18 (April 2014 – August 2015). Also includes issues numbered #16.1–20.1 (vol. 4) #1–32, #789-801 (October 2015 – June 2018). Also includes issues numbered #1.1–1.6 (vol. 5) #1–93 (July 2018 – March 2022). Also includes issues numbered #16.HU, 18-20.HU, 50–54.LR, 78.BEY, 80.BEY, 88.BEY, 92.BEY (vol. 6) #1–current (April 2022 – present) Annuals #1–28, '96–2001, #35–42, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2018 (II), 2019, 2021 (1964 - 2021) Giant-Size Spider-Man #1–6 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1–42 (December 2018 – September 2022), Annual #1 (2021) (vol. 2) #1–current (December 2022 – present) Spider-Man #1–98 (August 1990 – November 1998). A series initially created in 1991 for artist Todd McFarlane. Renamed Peter Parker: Spider-Man with issue #75. (vol. 2) #1-21, 234-240 (April 2016 - July 2018). Stars Miles Morales. Legacy numbering introduced from January 2018. (vol. 3) #1–5 (September 2019 – November 2020). Out of continuity miniseries. (vol. 4) #1-current (December 2022 - present) Marvel Team-Up #1–150 (March 1972 – February 1985). Spider-Man Team-Up #1–7 (December 1995 – June 1997). Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2) #1–11 (September 1997 – March 1998). Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1–25 (January 2005 – December 2006). Marvel Team-Up (vol. 4) #1–6 (June 2019 – September 2019). Annuals #1–7 (1976 – 1984) Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1–263 (December 1976 – November 1998). Re-named The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) with issue #134 in 1988. Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–57 (January 1999 – August 2003) The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 3) #1–27 (September 2003 – June 2005). Replaced Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2). Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–6, 297–313 (July 2017 – December 2018) Annuals #1–14 (1979 – 1994), (vol. 2) #1 (2018) Web of Spider-Man #1–129 (April 1985 – September 1995). Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–12 (December 2009 – November 2010). Annuals #1–10 (1985 – 1994) Spider-Man Unlimited #1–22 (May 1993 – November 1998). Quarterly series. Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1–25 (September 1995 – September 1997). The Sensational Spider-Man #0–33 (January 1996 – November 1998). Replaced Web of Spider-Man. The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #23–41 (April 2006 – November 2007), Annual #1 (2007) Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1–22 (June 2001 – March 2003). Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1–22 (June 2004 – March 2006). Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1–24 (October 2005 – October 2007) (vol. 2) #1–14 (January – December 2019) Annual #1 (2007) Avenging Spider-Man #1–22 (November 2011 – June 2013), Annual #1 (2012). A team-up book similar to Marvel Team-Up. Replaced by Superior Spider-Man Team-Up. Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1–12 (July 2013 – April 2014). The Superior Spider-Man #1–33 (January 2013 – August 2014), Annuals #1–2 (2014). The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1–17 (July 2013 – November 2014). Spider-Man 2099. (vol. 2) #1–12 (July 2014 – May 2015) (vol. 3) #1–25 (December 2015 – July 2017) Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Spider-Man #1–133, 1/2 (October 2000 – June 2009), Annual #1–3 (2005 - 2008). Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1–15, 150–160 (August 2010 – June 2011) Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–28, 16.1, 200 (September 2011 – April 2014). Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1–12 (May 2014 - April 2015). Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #1–16 (Ultimate Marvel; April 2001 – July 2002). Partial completion: Spider-Man 2099 #1–46 (November 1992 – August 1996). Annual #1 (1994) Marvel Tales #1–291 (July 1966 – November 1994) Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1–18 (January 1999 – June 2000). Spidey Super Stories #1-57 Won't bother: Spider-Man Unlimited (vol. 3) #1–15 (March 2004 – July 2006). Spider-Man/Deadpool #1–50 (January 2016 – May 2019).

Holy sea of red!

Hmmm, glad I got some when I did I guess. They have the brown backs which really isn't bothering me too much. Thinner is another story...

Looks like his Comiclink auctions did pretty well (without checking GPA). https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/search.asp?PreviewCode=2023may&where=auctions&title=thomas+drew&GO=GO&ItemType=CB I bid aggressively on one of the pedigrees and won. Thanks again to @GACollectibles for posting that link intitally.

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Spot checking the grading on a recent purchase after arrival today, had a fumble. I really hate self sticking bags now

I had a significant win tonight on clink and probably paid 25% less than last GPA sale. Not quite apples to apples on PQ but still think I got a decent price. Last book to complete a major run so pretty stoked about the deal.

New Releases For 5/31/2023 MAR230214 W0RLDTR33 #2 CVR A BLANCO (MR) $3.99 MAR230733 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26 $4.99 Detective Comics #1072 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99